Waste processing The Ghent waste manager Ivago is starting a pilot project: anyone who hands in a bottle of laughing gas at a recycling park will receive five euros. “Because if they end up in our incinerators, they can lead to dangerous and expensive explosions.” Nitrous oxide has been used for a long time in … Read more
Traffic control A car driver who had an outstanding fine of 6.2 million euros was removed from traffic during a traffic control in South Limburg yesterday. The FPS Finance confirms that this is not an error. “It is a penal fine imposed by a court. The person now has 30 days to pay or they … Read more
Cycling The UCI ethics committee has imposed a suspended fine of 20,000 Swiss francs (20,800 euros) on Patrick Lefevere, the CEO of Soudal Quick-Step, for “derogatory comments about women”. The International Cycling Union (UCI) announced in a statement that the team boss of Soudal Quick-Step will be fined. “Following a report on Mr. Patrick Lefevere, … Read more
The list of defendants in the ‘Koldo case’ includes an agent of the Civil Guard, the police force that has precisely investigated for months the alleged corrupt plot led by the former advisor of José Luis Ábalos. A report from the Central Operational Unit recently contributed to the proceedings focuses the suspicions hanging over the … Read more
Amortizations may continue to be reinvested in new loans until 2036, although the date to formalize them ends in 2026 MADRID, 27 (EUROPA PRESS) The Official Credit Institute (ICO) foresees that the 40,000 million euros in loans from the addendum to the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan will be operational and will begin to reach … Read more
Acid: “I would have preferred to see that 20,000 euros come to the account of Sanda Dia’s family” Youtuber Acid, real name Nathan Vandergunst, reacts emotionally to the judge’s ruling. “This sucks, this will be on my criminal record, but I have no regrets.” Acid was particularly impressed by the provisional compensation he must pay … Read more
On the last Wednesday of May last year, a few days after the controversial judgment in the Reuzegom hall, popular YouTuber Acid released his video ‘My top 5 Reuzegommers’ on the video platform. In the video he discussed the identity and environment of (eventually four) former members of the student club. Two of them were … Read more
Road safety A Leuven student must pay 120,000 euros by the court in Leuven to the relatives of a hiker who he ran over with his bicycle on a forest path in Heverlee. “It is incomprehensible that the defendant did not brake,” the judge said. The police court in Leuven has found a Leuven student … Read more
Jupiler Pro League Football club Royal Antwerp FC has been ordered by the labor court to pay severance compensation of half a million euros to ex-coach Brian Priske. WhatsApp messages show that Priske was indeed fired by Antwerp. “Royal Antwerp FC has today decided to no longer continue with Brian Priske (45) as head coach,” … Read more
Justice The Mechelen serial killer Renaud Hardy (61) must pay actress Veerle Eyckermans 208,273.62 euros in damages. The criminal court of Antwerp decided this on Monday. Eyckermans survived an assassination attempt by Hardy nine years ago. In March 2018, the assize court in Tongeren sentenced Renaud Hardy to life in prison and fifteen years of … Read more